OpenShift must protect against or limit the effects of all types of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks by defining resource quotas on a namespace.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>OpenShift allows administrators to define resource quotas on a namespace basis. This allows tailoring of the shared resources based on a project needs. However, when a new project is created, unless a default project resource quota is configured, that project will not have any limits or quotas defined. This could allow someone to create a new project and then deploy services that exhaust or overuse the shared cluster resources. It is necessary to ensure that all existing namespaces with user-defined workloads have an applied resource quota configured. Using resource quotas will help to mitigate a DoS attack by limiting how much CPU, memory, and pods may be consumed in a project. This helps protect other projects (namespaces) from being denied resources to process. https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.8/applications/quotas/quotas-setting-per-project.html Satisfies: SRG-APP-000435-CTR-001070, SRG-APP-000246-CTR-000605, SRG-APP-000450-CTR-001105</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-257566r961620_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Add a resource quota to an existing project namespace by performing the following steps:
1. Create <YOURFILE>.yaml and insert the desired resource quota content. The following is an example resource quota definition.
apiVersion: v1
kind: ResourceQuota